Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
E493768
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English manuscript
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codex ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beowulf manuscript
NERFINISHED
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Nowell Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Laurence Nowell
NERFINISHED
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Sir Robert Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Vitellius A XV in Cotton’s bust-and-shelf system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Cotton MS Vitellius A XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Cotton Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOnlySurvivingCopyOf | Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Beowulf
NERFINISHED
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Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ Letter of Alexander to Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ Saints’ Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passion of Saint Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wonders of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Anglo-Saxon ⓘ |
| currentLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten |
early 11th century
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late 10th century ⓘ |
| digitizedBy | British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDigitalSurrogate | British Library Digitised Manuscripts website NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
first codicological unit (prose texts including Wonders of the East)
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second codicological unit (Beowulf and Judith) ⓘ |
| heldBy | British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
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Old English ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| origin | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cotton collection of manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalCondition |
fire-damaged
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fragile ⓘ |
| repositoryShelfmark | British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptorium | likely monastic scriptorium in southern England ⓘ |
| scriptoriumAttribution | possibly produced for a monastic or ecclesiastical audience ⓘ |
| scriptType | Insular script ⓘ |
| shelfmark | Vitellius A XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
major witness to Old English literature
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primary source for the text of Beowulf ⓘ |
| subject |
Germanic heroic legend
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biblical narratives ⓘ hagiography ⓘ wonders and marvels literature ⓘ |
| sufferedDamageIn | 1731 Ashburnham House fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingMedium | ink on parchment ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Insular minuscule ⓘ |
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